Duana Bergman
210 - 43 Roydon Place K2E 1A3 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Canadian households are paying $14.20 in debt payments for every $100 in disposable income: bit.ly/2tWT2nd

While 78% of Canadians believe they are financially literate, nearly 6 in 10 failed to answer questions on financial literacy accurately: bit.ly/2tsVfpN

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

The household debt-to-income ratio now stands at 169.4, up 23% from a decade ago: http://www.news1130.com///drowning-debt-new-normal-canada/

Canadian households and companies have added debt worth $1 trillion since 2011, pushing the total to $4.4 trillion: bit.ly/2tQLLBy

The average consumer debt balance is about $22,000, which is almost 2% higher than this time last year: bit.ly/2tK5zXf

Total consumer debt in Canada (including mortgages) as of September 2016: $1.973 trillion, up 4.9% from the previous year: http://canada.creditcards.com//canada-credit-card-debit-c/

Older Canadians in financial distress has increased by over 20% in the last 20 years: bit.ly/2tY3w14

How to Eat Lunch on a Budget: bit.ly/2twSJ2m

6 in 10 Canadians are less than confident in their understanding of the impact of interest rates on debt payments: http://www.investmentexecutive.com/-/financial-literacy-and

The majority of the $27.5 billion Canadians borrowed in Q1 of 2017 was spent on mortgages: bit.ly/2tD5BQT

Be excellent when nobody’s looking. Jason Ortiz

Canadian families’ household debt has reached 171% of disposable income and exceeded the size of the Canadian economy at $1.6 trillion: https://finance.yahoo.com//report-shows-record-level-stude

More than half of Canadians are living within $200 per month of not being able to pay all their bills or meet their debt obligations: bit.ly/2rZNAPL